Jack Symes is a public philosopher and researcher at Durham University

Dr Symes is best known as the producer of The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast, one of the UK’s most popular higher education podcasts. Jack is also the editor of the Talking about Philosophy book series, which features contributions from some of the world’s most influential thinkers.

His books include Philosophers on Consciousness: Talking about the Mind (2022), Philosophers on God: Talking about Existence (2024), Defeating the Evil-God Challenge: In Defence of God’s Goodness (2024), and Philosophers on How to Live: Talking about Morality (forthcoming).

Jack was named as a BBC New Generation Thinker in 2024.